Yoga Vasistha [sanskrit]

223,437 words | ISBN-10: 8171101519

The Sanskrit edition of the Yoga-vasistha including English translation and grammatical analysis. The Yogavasistha is a Hindu spiritual text written by Valmiki (who also authored the Ramayana) dealing with the philosophical topics from the Advaita-vedanta school. Chronologically it precedes the Ramayana.

Verse 4.24.1

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श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
महानरकसाम्राज्ये मत्तदुष्कृतवारणाः ।
आशाशरशलाकाढ्या दुर्जया हीन्द्रियारयः ॥ १ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca |
mahānarakasāmrājye mattaduṣkṛtavāraṇāḥ |
āśāśaraśalākāḍhyā durjayā hīndriyārayaḥ || 1 ||

Vasishtha continued:—The vast domain of death, in the region of hell, is full of the furious elephants of our sins; and the ungovernable enemies of the senses with the arrows of desires.
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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (4.24.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shri, Vasishtha, Mahanaraka, Samrajya, Samraji, Matta, Dushkrita, Varana, Ashasha, Shalaka, Adhya, Durjaya, Indriya, Ari,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.24.1). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.

Line 1: “śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ”
śrī -
śrī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

śrī (noun, masculine)

[compound]
vasiṣṭha* -
vasiṣṭha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
uvāca -
√vac (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
Line 2: “mahānarakasāmrājye mattaduṣkṛtavāraṇāḥ ”
mahānaraka -
mahānaraka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
sāmrājye -
sāmrājya (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

sāmrājya (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

sāmrājyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

sāmrājī (noun, masculine)

[dative single]
matta -
matta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

matta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√mad -> matta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √mad class 1 verb], [vocative single from √mad class 3 verb], [vocative single from √mad class 4 verb]

√mad -> matta (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √mad class 1 verb], [vocative single from √mad class 3 verb], [vocative single from √mad class 4 verb]
duṣkṛta -
duṣkṛta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

duṣkṛta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vāraṇāḥ -
vāraṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vāraṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Line 3: “āśāśaraśalākāḍhyā durjayā hīndriyārayaḥ ”
āśāśa -
āśāśa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

āśāśa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ra -
ra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śalākā -
śalāka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śalākā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
āḍhyā* -
āḍhya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

āḍhyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
durjayā* -
durjaya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

durjayā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
hī -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
indriyā -
indriya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

indriya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

indriyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
arayaḥ -
ari (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

ari (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

√ray (verb class 1)

[imperfect active second single]